USA Today – May 5 2023 Crossword Answers
USA Today – May 5 2023
Clues | Answers |
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‘Auld Lang ___’ | SYNE |
‘I’d hate for that to be true . . .’ | HOPENOT |
‘Spring forward’ acronym | DST |
‘Starving’ singer Steinfeld | HAILEE |
‘___ Is How We Do It’ | THIS |
2023 Disney role for Halle Bailey | ARIEL |
Amaterasu or Ra | GOD |
Animals related to stink badgers | SKUNKS |
Apt-sounding surname for a Leo | LYONS |
Assist with a crime | ABET |
Athlete on a crew team | ROWER |
Boast about past triumphs | TOOTYOUROWNHORN |
Bottle top | CAP |
Broadband option | DSL |
Chew like a dog with a bone | GNAW |
Chocolate caramel candies | ROLOS |
Climate-conscious prefix | ECO |
Comedian Richard | PRYOR |
Conjure up | INVOKE |
Costa ___ | RICA |
Cover with cloth | DRAPE |
Disc for some old-school DJs | RECORD |
Fail in a clutch situation | CHOKE |
Fibbing people | LIARS |
Form a connection | BOND |
Gets ready to be photographed | POSES |
Had a heck of a blast | WHOOPEDITUP |
Hawaiian expression of love | ALOHA |
In the lead | AHEAD |
Indigenous people of northern California | OHLONE |
Jam-packs | CRAMS |
Language spoken in ‘The Lord of the Rings’ | ELVISH |
Last day of Dec., for short | NYE |
Like a tooth that’s not quite ready for the Tooth Fairy | LOOSE |
Clues | Answers |
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Mass surveillance org | NSA |
Most wee | TINIEST |
National dance of the Dominican Republic | MERENGUE |
Neither’s partner | NOR |
Network that has won over 200 Sports Emmys | ESPN |
No longer drinking | SOBER |
Not pro- | ANTI |
Official procedure | PROTOCOL |
Olympic fencing blades | EPEES |
Part of TLDR | DIDNT |
Particle flung from flint and steel | SPARK |
Pipsqueak | TWERP |
Prefix similar to e- | CYBER |
Really, really little | TEENYWEENY |
Recess game | TAG |
Scottish girl | LASS |
Sound from a schnauzer | ARF |
Stationary scoring attempt in basketball | SETSHOT |
Straying off course | ERRANT |
Streaming service’s lineup | SHOWS |
Substances like frankincense and myrrh | RESINS |
Sulky mood | SNIT |
Sweet, buttery movie snack | TOFFEEPOPCORN |
Was acquainted with | KNEW |
Went off course somewhere | TOOKAWRONGTURN |
What a strict boss runs, metaphorically | TIGHTSHIP |
Whitewater boats | RAFTS |
Word before ‘shebang’ or ‘enchilada’ | WHOLE |
Workers often seen on C-SPAN | SENATORS |
___ & the Gang (‘Summer Madness’ band) | KOOL |
___ Enterprise (‘Star Trek’ ship) | USS |
___ Ness monster | LOCH |
___ with a fine | SLAP |